2016–17 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

2016-17 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 15
TV partner(s) ACC Network, ESPN, Raycom Sports, Regional Sports Networks
NBA Draft
Top draft pick Jayson Tatum, Duke
Picked by Boston Celtics, 3rd overall
2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
First place North Carolina
Season MVP Justin Jackson, North Carolina
Top scorer Michael Young, Pittsburgh
ACC Tournament
Champions Duke
Finals MVP Luke Kennard, Duke
2016–17 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 North Carolina14–4 .778  33–7  .825
No. 16 Florida State12–6 .667  26–9  .743
No. 14 Notre Dame12–6 .667  26–10  .722
No. 10 Louisville12–6 .667  25–9  .735
No. 7 Duke †11–7 .611  28–9  .757
No. 24 Virginia11–7 .611  23–11  .676
Virginia Tech10–8 .556  22–11  .667
Miami (FL)10–8 .556  21–12  .636
Syracuse10–8 .556  19–15  .559
Wake Forest9–9 .500  19–14  .576
Georgia Tech8–10 .444  21–16  .568
Clemson6–12 .333  17–16  .515
NC State4–14 .222  15–17  .469
Pittsburgh4–14 .222  16–17  .485
Boston College2–16 .111  9–23  .281
† 2017 ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December 2016 and concluded in March.

With a win over Pittsburgh on February 25, 2017, North Carolina clinched at least a share of the ACC regular season championship for the second straight season, the eighth time in the 14 years under head coach Roy Williams, and the 31st time in school history.[1][2] A loss by Duke later that day gave the Tar Heels the outright regular season championship.

The ACC Tournament was held from March 7–11, 2-17 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Duke defeated Notre Dame to with the tournament championship.[3][4] As a result, Duke received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

North Carolina forward Justin Jackson was named ACC Player of the Year.[5][6] Georgia Tech head coach Josh Pastner was named Coach of the Year.[7] Jackson was also named a consensus first-team All-American[8] and Duke guard Luke Kennard was named a second team All-American.[9]

Nine ACC schools (Duke, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest) received invitations to the NCAA Tournament.[10] The conference achieved an 11–8 record in the NCAA Tournament, however only North Carolina won more than one game.[11] North Carolina went on to with the NCAA Championship, defeating Gonzaga.[12] Clemson, Georgia Tech, and Syracuse received bids to the National Invitation Tournament.[13] The conference achieved a 5–3 record in the NIT, with Georgia Tech losing to TCU in the championship game.[14]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

  • On March 21, 2016, Pittsburgh head coach Jamie Dixon left the school to take the head coaching position at his alma mater, TCU.[15] On March 27, 2016, the school hired Kevin Stallings as head coach.[16]
  • On March 25, 2016, Georgia Tech announced Brian Gregory would not return as head coach.[17] On April 8, 2016, the school hired Josh Pastner as head coach.[18]

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record ACC record ACC titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Boston College Jim Christian Ohio 3 29–67 6–48 0 0 0 0
Clemson Brad Brownell Wright State 7 124–103 56–66 0 1 0 0
Duke Mike Krzyzewski Army 37 998–271 399–166 12 33 12 5
Florida State Leonard Hamilton Washington Wizards 15 304–196 126–124 0 5 0 0
Georgia Tech Josh Pastner Memphis 1 21–16 8–10 0 0 0 0
Louisville Rick Pitino Boston Celtics 16 416–141 188–88 0 15 7 2
Miami Jim Larrañaga George Mason 6 139–69 64–42 1 3 1 0
North Carolina Roy Williams Kansas 14 398–115 169–65 8 12 9 3
NC State Mark Gottfried Alabama 6 123–86 48–58 0 4 0 0
Notre Dame Mike Brey Delaware 17 382–187 179–113 0 13 0 0
Pittsburgh Kevin Stallings Vanderbilt 1 16–17 4–14 0 0 0 0
Syracuse Jim Boeheim Syracuse
(asst.)		 40 903–354 361–218 0 32 5 1
Virginia Tony Bennett Washington State 8 188–83 88–50 2 5 0 0
Virginia Tech Buzz Williams Marquette 3 53–48 22–32 0 1 0 0
Wake Forest Danny Manning Tulsa 3 43–52 16–38 0 1 0 0

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2016–17 season.
  • Overall and ACC records are from time at current school and are through the end the 2016–17 season.
  • NCAA Tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools

Preseason

Marques Bolden, Duke
Kyle Guy, Virginia
Dewan Huell, Miami
V. J. King, Louisville

Frank Jackson, Duke
Jayson Tatum, Duke
Tony Bradley, North Carolina

Regular season

Rankings

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Boston College AP
C
Clemson AP
C
Duke AP 1 (58) 1 (58) 6 5 5 5 5 5 8 7 18 17 21 18 12 10 17 14 7
C 1 (27) 1 (27) 3 (5) 4 (2) 4 (2) 4 (1) 4 (1) 5 (1) 8 7 18 17 21 19 14 11 14 14 7 13
Florida State AP RV RV 25 RV RV 23 21 20 12 9 10 6 15 14 17 19 15 16 16
C RV RV RV RV RV 23 22 20 13 10 12 8 16 15 18 20 17 17 18 24
Georgia Tech AP
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Louisville AP 13 12 10 14 11 11 10 6 9 14 12 13 6 4 8 7 8 10 10
C 14 12 10 14 13 11 11 7 9 15 11 14 7 4 7 6 7 9 10 14
Miami AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV
North Carolina AP 6 5 4 3 7 7 8 9 14 11 9 9 12 8 10 8 5 6 5
C 6 6 4 3 5 6 8 10 16 12 9 6 10 7 9 8 5 6 8 1
NC State AP
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Notre Dame AP 23 21 25 24 23 20 15 14 20 RV 25 21 19 22 14
C 22 21 24 24 21 20 15 12 18 24 20 17 13 16 14 20
Pittsburgh AP RV
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Syracuse AP 19 18 18 22 RV RV RV
C 17 18 16 24 RV RV RV
Virginia AP 8 8 7 6 14 13 12 12 11 19 16 12 9 12 14 18 23 21 24
C 7 7 6 6 12 12 10 11 11 18 16 13 11 13 15 19 23 21 23 RV
Virginia Tech AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 21 RV RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 RV RV
Wake Forest AP
C

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 18 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent.

  Boston College Clemson Duke Florida State Georgia Tech Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College –1–01–01–01–01–01–01–00–12–01-01-11–02-02-0
vs. Clemson 0–1–1–02–01–11–01–01–00–11–00–11–01-02–00–2
vs. Duke 0–10–1-1–10–11–01–11–11–00–10–11–00-11–00–2
vs. Florida State 0–10–21–1–1–00-10–21–00–11–11–01–00-10–10–1
vs. Georgia Tech 0–11–11–00–1–1–01–00–11–11–10–11–11-01–01–0
vs. Louisville 0–10–10–11–00–1–0–11–00–11–10–20–22-00–11–0
vs. Miami 0–10–11–12–00–11–0–0–10–21–00–11-00-11–11–0
vs. North Carolina 0–10–11–10–11–00–11–0–0–20–10–20–11-10–10–1
vs. NC State 1–01–00–11–01–11–02–02–0–1–00–11–01-00–12–0
vs. Notre Dame 0–20–11–01–11–11–10–11–00–1–0–10–11-00–10–1
vs. Pittsburgh 0–11–01–00–11–02–01–02–01–01–0–1–11-11–01–0
vs. Syracuse 1-10–10–10–11–12–00–11–00–11–01–1–0-11–00–1
vs. Virginia 0–10–11–01–00–10–21–01–10–10–11–11–0-1–10–1
vs. Virginia Tech 0–20–20–11–00–11–01–11–01–01–00–10–11-1–1–0
vs. Wake Forest 0–22–02–01–00–10–10–11–00–21–00–11–01-00–1–
Total 2–166–1211–712–68–1012–610–814–44–1412–64–1410–811–710–89–9

Postseason

ACC Tournament

  First round
Tuesday, March 7
ESPN2/ACCN		 Second round
Wednesday, March 8
ESPN/ACCN		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
ESPN/ACCN		 Semifinals
Friday, March 10
ESPN/ACCN		 Championship
Saturday, March 11
ESPN/ACCN
                                               
1 North Carolina 78  
    9 Miami 53  
8 Syracuse 57
9 Miami 62  
  1 North Carolina 83  
  5 Duke 93  
4 Louisville 77
    5 Duke 81  
5 Duke 79
    12 Clemson 72  
12 Clemson 75
13 NC State 61  
5 Duke 75
3 Notre Dame 69
2 Florida State 74  
    7 Virginia Tech 68  
7 Virginia Tech 99
    10 Wake Forest 90  
10 Wake Forest 92
15 Boston College 78  
  2 Florida State 73
  3 Notre Dame 77  
3 Notre Dame 71
    6 Virginia 58  
6 Virginia 75
    14 Pittsburgh 63  
11 Georgia Tech 59
14 Pittsburgh 61  

* Denotes Overtime Game

AP Rankings at time of tournament

NCAA tournament

Seed Region School First Four 2nd Round 3rd Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
1 South North Carolina W, 103-64 vs. #16 Texas Southern – (Greenville) W, 77–65 vs. #8 Arkansas – (Greenville) W, 92-80 vs. #4 Butler – (Memphis) W, 75–73 vs. #2 Kentucky – (Memphis) W, 77–76 vs. #3 Oregon – (Phoenix) W, 71–65 vs. #1 Gonzaga – (Indianapolis)
2 East Duke W, 87-65 vs. #15 Troy – (Buffalo) L, 81–88 vs. #7 South Carolina – (Buffalo)
2 Midwest Louisville W, 78-63 vs. #15 Jacksonville State – (Indianapolis) L, 69–73 vs. #7 Michigan – (Indianapolis)
3 West Florida State W, 86-80 vs. #14 Florida Gulf Coast – (Orlando) L, 66–91 vs. #11 Xavier – (Orlando)
5 East Virginia W, 76-71 vs. #12 UNC Wilmington – (Orlando) L, 39–65 vs. #4 Florida – (Orlando)
5 West Notre Dame W, 60-58 vs. #12 Princeton – (Buffalo) L, 71–83 vs. #4 West Virginia – (Buffalo)
8 Midwest Miami L, 58-78 vs. #9 Michigan State – (Tulsa)
9 East Virginia Tech L, 74-84 vs. #8 Wisconsin – (Buffalo)
11 South Wake Forest L, 88-95 vs. #11 Kansas State – (Dayton)

National Invitation Tournament

Seed Bracket School 1st Round 2nd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 Syracuse Syracuse W, 90-77 vs. #8 UNC Greensboro – (Syracuse) L, 80–85 vs. #5 Ole Miss – (Syracuse)
2 Iowa Clemson L, 69-74 vs. #7 Oakland – (Clemson)
6 Syracuse Georgia Tech W, 75-63 vs. #3 Indiana – (Atlanta) W, 71–57 vs. #7 Belmont – (Atlanta) W, 74–66 vs. #5 Ole Miss – (Oxford) W, 76–61 vs. #8 Cal State Bakersfield – (New York City) L, 56–88 vs. #4 TCU – (New York City)

Honors and awards

All-Americans

Consensus All-Americans
First Team Second Team
Justin Jackson – North Carolina Luke Kennard – Duke

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The Sporting News and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

Associated Press[19][20] NABC[21] Sporting News[22] USBWA[23]
First Team
Justin Jackson – North Carolina Justin Jackson – North Carolina Justin Jackson – North Carolina
Second Team
Luke Kennard – Duke Luke Kennard – Duke Luke Kennard – Duke Justin Jackson – North Carolina
Luke Kennard –Duke
Third Team
Bonzie Colson – Notre Dame Bonzie Colson – Notre Dame
Honorable Mention
Donovan Mitchell – Louisville
Dennis Smith Jr. – NC State

ACC honors and awards

2017 ACC Men's Basketball Individual Awards[24]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Justin Jackson, F., NORTH CAROLINA
Coach of the Year Josh Pastner GEORGIA TECH
Defensive Player of the Year Ben Lammers, C., GEORGIA TECH
Freshman of the Year Dennis Smith Jr., G., N.C. STATE
Most Improved Player of the Year John Collins, C., WAKE FOREST
Sixth Man Award Seth Allen, G., VIRGINIA TECH
2017 ACC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Third Team
†Luke Kennard, So., G., DUKE
Justin Jackson, Jr., F., NORTH CAROLINA
John Collins, So., C., WAKE FOREST
Bonzie Colson, Jr., F., NOTRE DAME
Donovan Mitchell, So., G., LOUISVILLE
 Dwayne Bacon, So., G., FLORIDA STATE
Dennis Smith Jr., Fr., G., N.C. STATE
Ben Lammers, Jr., C., GEORGIA TECH
Joel Berry II, Jr., G., NORTH CAROLINA
London Perrantes, Sr., G., VIRGINIA
 Michael Young, Sr., F., PITTSBURGH
Jaron Blossomgame, Sr., F., CLEMSON
Andrew White, GS., F., SYRACUSE
Davon Reed, Sr., F., MIAMI
Jayson Tatum, Fr., F., DUKE
† - denotes unanimous selection

NBA Draft

The ACC had 14 players drafted in the 2017 NBA draft. 10 players were drafted in the first round, and 4 players were drafted in the second round.

PGPoint guard SGShooting guard SFSmall forward PFPower forward CCenter
PlayerTeamRoundPick #PositionSchool
Jayson TatumBoston Celtics1st3SFDuke
Jonathan IsaacOrlando Magic1st6SF/PFFlorida State
Dennis Smith Jr.Dallas Mavericks1st9PGNC State
Luke KennardDetroit Pistons1st12SGDuke
Donovan MitchellDenver Nuggets1st13SGLouisville
Justin JacksonPortland Trail Blazers1st15SFNorth Carolina
John CollinsAtlanta Hawks1st19PFWake Forest
Harry GilesPortland Trail Blazers1st20PF/CDuke
Tyler LydonUtah Jazz1st24PFSyracuse
Tony BradleyLos Angeles Lakers1st28PF/CNorth Carolina
Frank JacksonCharlotte Hornets2nd31PGDuke
Davon ReedPhoenix Suns2nd32SGMiami
Dwayne BaconNew Orleans Pelicans2nd40SGFlorida State
Jaron BlossomgameSan Antonio Spurs2nd59SFClemson

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